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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1251 AM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE LEE BURN SCAR IN...
CENTRAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 245 AM MDT.
* AT 1251 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LEE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW.
THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER
LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE LEE BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
LEE BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
AREAS IN AND NEAR THE LEE BURN SCAR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES
IN THE LEE BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN PLACES. IF
YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4002 10813 4002 10794 3997 10796 3998 10797
3973 10796 3974 10802 3970 10806 3980 10807
3983 10820 3991 10817 3994 10826 4000 10822
4001 10824 4001 10818 3997 10817 4001 10814
3999 10812
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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